short-winded

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Treating her EPs and albums with the same attention to detail, “Blush” stands as a short-winded seven-track exploration of sorrow, femininity and fleeting love.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

“If they cough so much they can’t catch their breath, or they’re so short-winded they can’t get a whole sentence out, that’s something that needs to be evaluated in person,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021

The crowd certainly liked Michelle Obama, whom an unusually short-winded Bill Clinton accurately introduced as “the finest surrogate, supporter that any candidate has ever had.”

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2016

“I forgot my keys at home,” she pants, irritable and short-winded.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2015

“I never had any trouble with my heart. Just a little short-winded when I climb the stairs.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck